SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3687375 - Time entries removed from a Project Invoice Request appear under the wrong column in Edit Time and Expenses.

Symptom

After removing hours from an Automatic Project Invoice Request (PIR), those hours appear under "Quantity to Be Deferred" in Edit Time and Expenses instead of under "Quantity to Be Invoiced".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign.

Reproducing the Issue

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  1. Select the work center Projects .
  2. Select the view Not Invoiced Time and Expenses.
  3. Search the Project 12345 (12345 is an example) and click New > Automatic Project Invoice Request (PIR).
  4. Select the tab Items and the sub-tab Time and Expenses.
  5. From here you decide to remove some hours from employee ABCD so that they will not be part of the PIR.
  6. Now select the General tab and maintain some valid dates in the field "Time and Expenses From/To".
  7. Release the PIR.

 

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  1. Select the work center Projects .
  2. Select the view Not Invoiced Time and Expenses.
  3. Search the Project 12345.
  4. Click Edit Time and Expenses.
  5. From here you can find the hours (previously removed from the PIR) from employee ABCD being under "Quantity to Be Deferred" instead of "Quantity to Be Invoiced".

Cause

The hours you modified were outside (or not included in) the date range specified in "Time and Expenses From/To" when the PIR was released.

Resolution

To avoid this behavior, follow this order when creating a new Automatic PIR: 

  1. Select the work center Projects .
  2. Select the view Not Invoiced Time and Expenses.
  3. Search the Project 12345 (12345 is an example) and click New > Automatic Project Invoice Request.
  4. Select the General tab and maintain valid dates in the field "Time and Expenses From/To".
  5. Only after this, you can modify some hours by going to the Items tab and the sub-tab Time and Expenses.
  6. By doing so, you will avoid making modifications on hours that you do not wish to be present on your PIR.

Keywords

Project Invoice Requests; PIR; Quantity to Be Invoiced; Quantity to Be Deferred , KBA , SRD-PRO-INV , Projects Customer Invoicing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2508